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May. 18 6:02 AM EDT You are here   President Barack Obama attends a roundtable at the Center for Urban Families (CFUF) in Baltimore, Friday, May 17, 2013, during his second "Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity Tour". CFUF is a Baltimore non-profit whose mission is to strengthen urban communities by helping fathers and families achieve stability and economic success. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is calling attention to his economic proposals and efforts to expan...

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May. 17 2:08 PM EDT You are here Home » Candice Glover » 'American Idol' finale draws record low ratings   Host Ryan Seacrest, left, and finalists Candice Glover, center, and Kree Harrison speak on stage at the "American Idol" finale at the Nokia Theatre at L.A. Live on Thursday, May 16, 2013, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP) 40.7143-74.006 NEW YORK (AP) — Ratings for the "American Idol" finale plunged to a record low for the 12-year-old show. According to Nielsen Co. figures Frid...

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You are here     An elderly woman waits for a bus in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, May 15, 2013. The recession across the economy of the 17 European Union countries that use the euro extended into its sixth quarter longer than the calamitous slump that hit the region in the financial crisis of 2008-9. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) The eurozone is stuck in recession — its longest since the euro was founded in 1999. The latest figures from the European Union's statistics office show that the economy of the 17 EU ...

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By PAN PYLAS and SARAH DiLORENZO — May. 15 3:17 PM EDT You are here Home » Europe » Eurozone recession is now longest in currency bloc         French Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici, reacts as he walks toward the media after the weekly cabinet meeting in Paris, Wednesday, May 15, 2013. The French national statistics agency, Insee, said Wednesday that gross domestic product fell 0.2 per cent in the first quarter of the year, effectively moving France back into recession, and with eurozone's second...

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You are here Home » Russia » US diplomat ordered to leave Russia in spy case                           In this handout photo provided by the FSB, acronym for Russian Federal Security Service, a man claimed by FSB to be Ryan Fogle, a third secretary at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, is detained in Moscow, early Tuesday, May 14, 2013. Russia's security services say they have caught a U.S. diplomat who they claim is a CIA agent in a red-handed attempt to recruit a Russian agent. Ryan Fogle, a third secre...

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By FRANCES D'EMILIO You are here Home » Pope Francis » Pope Francis gives church hundreds of new saints                           The relics Maria Guadalupe Garcia Zavala, of Mexico, are carried by nuns on the altar after being blessed by Pope Francis during a canonization mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) 41.902212.4533 VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday gave the Catholic Church new saints, including hundreds of 15th-century martyrs...

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By JULIE PACE and ROBERT BURNS — Feb. 22 10:09 PM EST You are here Home » United States government » US troops in Niger to set up drone base 38.8951-77.0364 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Friday that about 100 American troops have been deployed to the African nation of Niger. Two U.S. defense officials said the troops would be setting up a base for unarmed drones to conduct surveillance. Obama announced the deployment in a letter to Congress, saying that the forces "will provide supp...